April 2023

Here’s the playlist for the 4-23-2023 show, in which we discussed RFK Jr.’s bid for the presidency, the Oakland A’s moving to Las Vegas, and why Soylent Green was almost always wrong:

Hour 1:

1. The Forty Nineteens, “We’re Going to Las Vegas” [New Roaring Twenties (2021)]
2. Size 14, “People Get Really Drunk in Las Vegas” [Size 14 (1997)]
3. ZZ Top, “Viva Las Vegas” [Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top (1992/2004)]
4. John Easdale, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” [Sing Hollies in Reverse (1995)]

Tribute to Record Store Day 2023

5. The Doors, “Love Her Madly” [L.A. Woman (1971)]
6. Generation X, “One Hundred Punks” [Generation X (1978)]
7. John Lennon, “Gimme Some Truth” [Imagine (1971)]
8. Paul McCartney and Wings, “My Love” [Red Rose Speedway (1973)]

New Music Express

9. Everything But the Girl, “Nothing Left to Lose” [Fuse (2023)]
10. The Mars Volta, “Shore Story” [Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon (2023)]
11. The Mars Volta, “Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon” [Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon (2023)]

Hour 2: New Music Express, continued

12. St. Paul & the Broken Bones, “Magnolia Trees” [Angels in Science Fiction (2023)]
13. Rose City Band, “Slow Burn” [Garden Party (2023)]
14. Motifs, “Flourescent” [Remember a Stranger (2023)]
15. The National Honor Society, “Control” [To All the Distance Between Us (2023)]
16. Overkill, “Goin’ Home” [Scorched (2023)]

Featured artist: Bill Lloyd (part four)

17. Foster & Lloyd, “Crazy Over You” [Foster & Lloyd (1987)]
18. Foster & Lloyd, “Hard to Say No” [Foster & Lloyd (1987)]
19. Foster & Lloyd, “Fair Shake” [Faster and Llouder (1988)]
20. Foster & Lloyd, “Suzette” [Faster and Llouder (1988)]
21. Foster & Lloyd, “Version of the Truth” [Version of the Truth (1990)]
22. Foster & Lloyd, “It’s a Done Deal” [Version of the Truth (1990)]

Hour 3: Bill Lloyd, continued

23. Foster & Lloyd, “All Said and Done” [Version of the Truth (1990)]
24. Foster & Lloyd, “Picasso’s Mountain” [It’s Already Tomorrow (2011)]
25. Nazz, “Open My Eyes” [Nazz (1968)]
26. The Specials, “Little Bitch” [The Specials (1979)]
27. The Flamin’ Groovies, “City Lights” [Teenage Head (1971)]
28. The Pretty Things, “Talking About the Good Times” [Singles As & Bs (1968/1989)]

Vinyl segment: Edith Piaf

29. Edith Piaf, “Les Trois Cloches” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]
30. Edith Piaf, “C’Est Pour Ca” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]
31. Edith Piaf, “Un Homme Comme Les Autres” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]
32. Edith Piaf, “Mariage” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]
33. Edith Piaf, “J’M’En Fous Pas Mal” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]
34. Edith Piaf, “Le Petit Homme” [Chansons Parisiennes Volume 2 (1950)]

Here’s the playlist for 4-16-2023, a show in which I paid tribute to the RMS Titanic, read an article about TV Funhouse, had Bill Lloyd as the featured artist, and had Tom Lehrer as the vinyl segment:

Hour 1

1. The Pink Fairies, “Spoiling for a Fight” [Between the Lines single (1976)]
2. The Forty Nineteens, “Tell Me” [New Roaring Twenties (2021)]
3. The Rutles, “Piggy in the Middle” [Meet the Rutles – Archaeology (1978)]
4. The Baseball Project, “They Are The Oakland A’s” [3rd (2014)]
5. Yo La Tengo, “Meet the Mets” [Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics (2006)]
6. Jamie Brockett, “Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic” [Remember the Wind and the Rain (1968)]
7. Leadbelly, “The Titanic” [The Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 4 (194?/1994)]
8. Fountains of Wayne, “Sink to the Bottom” [Fountains of Wayne (1996)]

New Music Express

9. Metallica, “72 Seasons” [72 Seasons (2023)]

Hour 2: New Music Express, continued

10. Feist, “Hiding Out In The Open” [Multitudes (2023)]
11. Feist, “Borrow Trouble” [Multitudes (2023)]
12. Temples, “Gamma Rays” [Exotico (2023)]
13. Gogo Penguin, “Saturnine” [Everything Is Going to Be OK (2023)]
14. Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations, “Amnesia” [I Came From Love (2023)]
15. Popsicko, “Some Mother’s Son” [Off to a Bad Start (2023)]

Featured artist: Bill Lloyd (part three)

16. Bill Lloyd, “Buy on Credit” [Boy King of Tokyo (2012)]
17. Bill Lloyd, “Across the Universe” [Lloyd-Ering (2016)]
18. Bill Lloyd, “The Lottery Song” [Lloyd-Ering (2016)]
19. Bill Lloyd, “Neverland” [Lloyd-Ering (2016)]
20. Bill Lloyd, “Whole Wide World” [Lloyd-Ering (2016)]

Hour 3: Bill Lloyd, continued

21. The dBs, “Neverland” [Repercussion (1982)]
22. Bill Lloyd, “I’ll Take It from Here” [Don’t Kill the Messenger (2020)]
23. Bill Lloyd, “Don’t Kill the Messenger” [Don’t Kill the Messenger (2020)]
24. Bill Lloyd, “You Got Me” [Don’t Kill the Messenger (2020)]
25. Bill Lloyd, “Satellite” [Working the Long Game (2021)]
26. Bill Lloyd, “Go-To Girl” [Working the Long Game (2021)]
27. Bill Lloyd, “Interrupted” [Working the Long Game (2021)]
28. Bill Lloyd, “Mama Told Me Not to Come” [We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970 (2022)

Vinyl Segment: Tom Lehrer

29. Tom Lehrer, “Fight Fiercely, Harvard” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
30. Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
31. Tom Lehrer, “Be Prepared” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
32. Tom Lehrer, “The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
33. Tom Lehrer, “I Wanna Go Back to Dixie” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
34. Tom Lehrer, “Lobachevsky” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
35. Tom Lehrer, “The Irish Ballad” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
36. Tom Lehrer, “The Hunting Song” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
37. Tom Lehrer, “My Home Town” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
38. Tom Lehrer, “When You’re Old and Gray” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
39. Tom Lehrer, “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]
40. Tom Lehrer, “The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz” [Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)]

Here’s the playlist for 4-9-2023, a show in which I commemmorated Easter, talked about further peace prospects for Ukraine, Twitter labeling NPR as state-affiliated media, had Bill Lloyd as the featured artist and had Percy Hill as the live segment:

Hour 1

1. Sweet, “The Lies in Your Eyes” [Give Us a Wink (1976)]
2. Dead Kennedys, “Bleed For Me” [Plastic Surgery Disasters (1980)]
3. Phil Ochs, “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends” [20th Century Masters: The Milleniunm Collection (1967/2002)]
4. Bay City Rollers, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Letter” [Absolute Rollers (1976/1995)]
5. David Bowie, “Let’s Dance (Extended version)” [Let’s Dance (1983)]

New Music Express

6. Mudhoney, “Souvenir of My Trip” [Plastic Eternity (2023)]
7. Yaeji, “For Granted” [With a Hammer (2023)]
8. Yaeji, “1 Thing To Smash” [With a Hammer (2023)]
9. Ellie Goulding, “Midnight Dreams” [Higher Than Heaven (2023)]
10. FACS, “Constellation” [Still Life in Decay (2023)]

Hour 2: New Music Express continued

11. Librarian with Hickeys, “Can’t Wait Until Summer” [Can’t Wait Until Summer single (2023)]
12. Sex Pistols, “Rock Around the Clock” [The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1979)]
13. The No Ones, “Kliv” [My Best Evil Friend (2023)]
14. The No Ones, “We Are Your Band” [My Best Evil Friend (2023)]

Tribute to Vivian Trimble

15. Luscious Jackson, “Let Yourself Get Down” [In Search of Manny EP (1992)]
16. Luscious Jackson, “Intro/Citysong” [Natural Ingredients (1994)]
17. Dusty Trails, “Fool for a Country Tune” [Dusty Trails (2000)]

Featured artist: Bill Lloyd (part two)

18. Bill Lloyd, “Sweet Virginia” [Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (1999)]
19. Bill Lloyd, “So You Won’t Have To” [Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (1999)]
20. Jamie Hoover and Bill Lloyd, “Show and Tell the World” [Paparazzi (2003)]
21. Jamie Hoover and Bill Lloyd, “Fireflies” [Paparazzi (2003)]

Hour 2: Bill Lloyd, continued

22. Bill Lloyd, “Dancing with the Past” [Back to Even (2004)]
23. Bill Lloyd, “The World Is a Different Place” [Back to Even (2004)]
24. Bill Lloyd, “A Story I Can’t Tell” [Back to Even (2004)]
25. Bill Lloyd, “Boy King of Tokyo” [Boy King of Tokyo (2012)]
26. Bill Lloyd, “We Got the Moon” [Boy King of Tokyo (2012)]
27. Bill Lloyd, “The Best Record Ever Made” [Boy King of Tokyo (2012)]

Live segment: Percy Hill

28. Percy Hill, “Intro/313” [Live at Strangecreek Campout, 5-26-2019]
29. Percy Hill, “Spirit” [Live at Strangecreek Campout, 5-26-2019]
30. Love Battery, “Easter” [Between the Eyes (1991)]
31. The Residents, “Easter Woman” [The Commercial Album (1980)]

Here’s the playlist for 4-2-2023, a show in which there were some technical difficulties, I played part of a Brian Ford extract, played Bill Lloyd as the featured artist, and featured Deep Banana Blackout for the live segment:

Hour 1

1. The Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies, “Boogie King” [Big Wheel (1998)]
2. Richard X. Heyman, “Call Out the Military” [Living Room (1990)]
3. Greg Kihn, “Love’s Made a Fool of You” [Again (1977)]
4. Utopia Parkway, “Denise” [Fountains of Wayne (1999)]
5. War, “Low Rider” [Why Can’t We Be Friends (1975)]
6. John Hammond, “I Wish You Would” [I Can Tell (1967)]
7. The Rolling Stones, “Honky Tonk Woman” [45 RPM single (1969)]
8. Napoleon XIV, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!” [The Very Best of Dr. Demento (1966/2001)]

New Music Express

9. Chris Church, “Flip” [Radio Transient (2023)]
10. Boygenius, “$20” [The Record (2023)]
11. The New Pornographers, “Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies” [Continue as a Guest (2023)]

Hour 2: New Music Express, continued

12. The New Pornographers, “Continue as a Guest” [Continue as a Guest (2023)]
13. The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again (Acoustic)” [The Who with Orchestra: Live at Wembley, UK, 2019 (2023)]
14. Deerhoof, “My Lovely Cat!” [Miracle-Level (2023)]
15. The Hold Steady, “Sideways Skull” [The Price of Progress (2023)]
16. Fantastic Negrito, “Locked Down” [Grandfather Courage (2023)]

Featured artist: Bill Lloyd

17. Bill Lloyd, “This Very Second” [Feeling the Elephant (1987)]
18. Bill Lloyd, “Lisa Anne” [Feeling the Elephant (1987)]
19. Bill Lloyd, “I Went Electric” [Set to Pop (1994)]
20. Bill Lloyd, “Trampoline” [Set to Pop (1994)]
21. Bill Lloyd, “Forget About US” [Set to Pop (1994)]
22. Bill Lloyd, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants” [Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (1999)]

Hour 3

23. The Baseball Project, “They Played Baseball” [3rd (2014)]
24. The Black Crowes, “Hotel Illness” [The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)]
25. Ducks Deluxe, “Bring Back That Packard Car” [Side Tracks and Smokers (1973/2010)]

Live segment: Deep Banana Blackout

26. Deep Banana Blackout, “Breakfast at Volo’s” [Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT, 8-1-2015]
27. Deep Banana Blackout, “Tug” [Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT, 8-1-2015]
28. Deep Banana Blackout, “Hear My Song” [Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT, 8-1-2015]